A mean-spirited raid on Medicaid recipients (Letter to the editor)

Secretary of State Dennis Richardson shouldn't accuse the people of Oregon of stealing essential and necessary health care benefits. Health care to one Oregonian benefits all Oregonians. Health care is a human right.

Why is the extraction of exorbitant profits at every point in the health care supply chain not the focus of Richardson's probe ("Secretary of State: Oregon could be wasting millions by keeping ineligible people on Medicaid," May 17)? That is where the real crime is committed: the wealth extracted that makes the delivery of services unaffordable.

Accusations one state department's beneficiaries shouldn't be made without examining vendors, suppliers, retailers and providers. That includes wholesalers and manufacturers of insurance product packages and pharmaceutical products.

The office of Oregon's secretary of state is to serve the citizens of Oregon - not the regressive, hypocritically immoral Republican party.

Who pays for Richardson's health insurance? That's right, the people of Oregon. We all deserve the same basic rights to health care.